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Where the future of contemporary art emerges ✨ ⏰ Opening Hours ⏰ Wednesday: 11 AM - 8 PM Thursday - Saturday: 11 AM - 5 PM
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Firstdraft’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Firstdraft will Continue to Operate, is open from this Friday the 6th until November 29th.
Join us from 11-8 on Wednesdays and 11-5 on Thursday-Saturday to journey through the 40-year history of Sydney’s oldest contemporary arts organisation dedicated to early-career and emerging art practice.
And don’t miss out on our 40th birthday bash on the 14th of November from 6-10 pm!
03 Nov 2026
Are you an artist who likes selling work?
Firstdraft has a hell of a deal for you.
First Served will be an end-of-year art market— designed for gift-givers and keen-eyed collectors— and a chance for us all to make it big.
(Well, not huge. 60 x 60 x 60 cm, to be precise, and priced to sell fast).
Submit up to two works to put up for take-home sale online and in person from the 11th of December to the 7th of February.
You make some money. Firstdraft makes some money (to pay artists fees). Your beautiful work goes home with a beautiful person. Everyone's a winner and feels great about it, too.
Submissions are open through the 15th of November.
Click the link in our bio to read the FAQs and send through your work now.
Image: Jack Hodges, 'People’s Choice', 2025, Cardboard, Acrylic Paint, Liquid Nails, Packing tape, Video on loop, USB, TV screen, Speakers. 105 cm x 187 cm x 431 cm. Image Courtesy Jessica Maurer.
20 Oct 2026
Click the link in our bio to RSVP to our 40th birthday party.
Join us on the 14th of November, from 6–10 pm, to celebrate over 2,000 artists, over 150 Firstdraft board members, and over 1,000 exhibitions spanning forty years and four venues.
Firstdraft entry is always free– but RSVPs highly encouraged.
29 Sep 2026
Join @nava_visualarts and @firstdraft_ for the reading group ‘We Are Here (Again)’, as part of Firstdraft’s 40th anniversary archive show. Facilitated by Levant Can Kaya and Laura Luciana from @season___season, participants will discuss texts from NAVA and Firstdraft’s 2011 collaborative symposium We Are Here (WAH). Together we will reflect on the past, present and future of artist-run-initiatives and collaborative projects as agents of change and possibility.
No preparation is required and the reading material will be provided on the day. RSVP through the link in our bio.
Where: Firstdraft, 13/17 Riley St, Woolloomooloo NSW 201, Gallery 3
When: 6-8pm. Please feel free to arrive from 5pm.
Cost: Free
Auslan interpretation will be available through an on-demand Video Interpreting Service (VIS) with Convo Australia. In-person Auslan interpreters can be organised if requested. Please include accessibility requirements in your registration form.
Please also be advised that the event will be photographed.
Levent Can Kaya is a writer and curator based on Dharug country. His curatorial outputs include Bonfire (2023), Jus Diddit: A Community Archive Unfurling (2024), Mixed Business 5 (2024), Kudos Live: Retellings (Revisions) (2024), Weeds Crack Concrete (2025) Kudos Live JADE/D (2025), Fugitives (2025) and The World is a Dumpling (2026). His work in writing and facilitation includes collaborations with Soft Centre, Un Extended, Brand X, Schmick Contemporary, Bankstown Arts Centre, and FBi Radio.
Laura Luciana is a cross-disciplinary writer and founding co-director of Season, an ARI on nagunda gurad, Gadigal land. She earnt her Art Theory Honours from UNSW A&D as a scholar of jerking off and co-created Vanity Project, a podcast about obsession and obscenity.
09 Nov 2026
Ahead of our 40th anniversary, Firstdraft is thrilled to announce sponsorship from Lūpa (@lupaplayer), a media player designed for art galleries. Lūpa is based on Gundungurra Country and was founded by former Firstdraft Director Dara Gill. Firstdraft’s commitment to emerging, contemporary practice has long relied on Lūpa’s sophisticated, easy-to-use equipment, which is why we’re proud to be #PoweredbyLupa.
08 Nov 2026
There’s still time to submit an artwork (or two!) for Firstdraft’s art market. Just in time for the holiday season (and continuing into February for those late gifts!) you can sell work at a first-come, first-served salon exhibition and split the sale price with Firstdraft.
Submissions are due at 11.59 pm, next Sunday (the 15th of November).
Click the link in our bio to submit.
Image: Jack Hodges, ‘People’s Choice’, 2025, cardboard, acrylic paint, liquid nails, packing tape, video on loop, USB, TV screen, speakers. 105 x 187 x 431 cm. Image courtesy Jessica Maurer.
07 Nov 2026
Our party is just a week away.
With sets from @shukokalimba and @jungist__, free food, drinks, a birthday cake, not to mention an exhibition of forty years of Firstdraft’s history, there’s no excuse not to celebrate.
Have you RSVP’d yet?
See you on the 14th from 6.
06 Nov 2026
Are you a fresh art school graduate staring out at the cold, hard world?
Wondering what your next steps are?
Join Firstdraft on the 11th of November from 10.00 am—12.30 pm for a coffee, tea, and casual chats. Chat with each other, Firstdraft staff, and board members about your plans for next year. Browse our archive exhibition to get to know the long line of early-career artists who have gone this way before.
Get to know what the future of contemporary art looks like (hint: it’s you!) and what it means to be a good citizen of Sydney’s arts ecology.
Most importantly, say hi and celebrate your recent success with us!
RSVP at the link in our bio.
Jingwei Bu, ‘Tea no Tea’, 2025. Performance video, 3:47. Courtesy the artist & Ying He (videographer).
03 Nov 2026
Two weeks to go!
It’s our big birthday party on the 14th— have you RSVP’d yet?
Featuring food, drink, DJ sets from @shukokalimba and @jungist__, and birthday cake for everyone.
Hit the link in our bio to RSVP. See you there.
29 Oct 2026
Got a story to tell?
A crazy opening? A late-night install? Success stories or spectacular misadventures?
We want to include them in our exhibition!
Get them to us by Monday afternoon (2 November) for consideration of your materials in the upcoming archive exhibition, 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦.
We’re still keen to hear from you anytime for our archive— but we need to get this exhibition up!
Hit the link in our bio to submit your story.
28 Oct 2026
Join us on the 7th of November for a crafty Saturday and help make decorations for our upcoming 40th Birthday Party the following weekend!
We'll provide materials, light refreshments, and the necessary equipment. We'll sit out in the courtyard if it's sunny, and if it rains we can move into the gallery.
This is a drop-in event perfect for families and friends— come for a little or a long time and see the exhibition while you're here!
Click the link in our bio to register.
Image: Firstdraft's 25th birthday party, 2011. Image courtesy Firstdraft Archive.
26 Oct 2026
DJ ANNOUNCEMENT-
Jungist (@jungist__) is Hong Kong born, Eora/Sydney based DJ, producer and curator. With a grounding in club-ready, dubby low frequencies and penchant for versatility, their eclectic blends and flair for the dark and dramatic has seen Jungist share lineups with bass visionaries including Mala, Kode9, Goth-Trad, Joy Orbison, Sherelle, Forest Drive West, Peter Van Hoesen, DJ Marcelle, Pariah, Ivy Lab, Truth, Loefah, RSD, Giant Swan, Plastician, ZULI, Machinedrum, Sully, 4am Kru, Digital, DJ Marky, Chase & Status. A true post-genre artist with hard bass and dynamic, deconstructed percussion up their sleeve, Jungist continues to prescribe packed dancefloors with low frequency medicine.
Join Jungist and the Firstdraft community to celebrate our 40th birthday— 14th of November, 6—10 pm.
Entry is always free but RSVPs are highly encouraged. Click the link in our bio to get your ticket.
Images courtesy Jungist.
21 Oct 2026
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